Case Report
Fatigue Fracture of the Calcaneus: A Case Report
| Karin M Eggink, Eric EJ Raven and Pieter HJ Bullens* | ||
| Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gelre Hospital, The Netherlands | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Dr. Pieter HJ Bullens Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gelre Hospital Albert Schweitzerlaan 31, 7334 DZ Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Tel: (055) 581 81 81 E-mail: P.Bullens@gelre.nl |
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| Received December 26, 2013; Accepted February 19, 2014; Published February 25, 2014 | ||
| Citation: Eggink KM, Raven EEJ, Bullens P (2014) Fatigue Fracture of the Calcaneus: A Case Report. Clin Res Foot Ankle 2:132. doi:10.4172/2329-910X.1000132 | ||
| Copyright: © 2014 Eggink KM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
We describe the clinical presentation of a 47-year old woman, presenting with heel pain and swelling around the calcaneus. No trauma had occurred, but radiographic evaluation showed a calcaneal fracture. The conservative treatment resulted in a malunion in varus which lead to multiple ankle sprains necessitating surgical correction. A spontaneous calcaneus fracture is a rare diagnosis, can be easily misdiagnosed and may result in malunion. Different risk factors exist for the predisposition of spontaneous calcaneus fracture and should be investigated.
